Weather-strip for car-doors



` s Y f STATES PATENTV FFICE? EDWARD R. srinns, oF LITCHFI'ELD, ILLINOIS.` Y

.WEATHER-STRIPFOR CAR-Dones.

1 l SI-".'IEZLIFICATIN forming part efrLetters' Patent No. 381,037, dated April 10.1889.

4 Application filed December 31,1887. Serial No.259,515. (Nomodeli) To all whom it umg/concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. STILES, of Litchfield, in thecounty of Montgomery and State bf Illinois, have invented .certain new vand useful Improvements in-Weather-Strips n for Car-Doors; and I dov hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others Y 'skilled in theart to which it pertains to make specification.

and use it, reference being hadtothe accom? panying drawings, which form part of thisj My invention relates to an improvement in weatherfstrips for car-doors; 'and it consists in the. combination of a recessed door-post which faces at right angles to the movement of the doorranda weather-strip which is placed in a recess in the post, and which,

. when left free to move, drops down of its own weight against the inner side of the closed car-door, as will be more fullydescribed hereinafter.k 1 f The object of my invention is to provide a weather-strip for the doors of freight-cars, so as to prevent water and cinders from being driven into the car through the openings .between it and the door when the doonis closed.

Figure 1 represents a side'elevation of a weatherstrip embodying my invention. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the dotted line 1 1 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a slight modification. Fig. 4 is ahorizontal section taken on the dotted line 2 2 of Fig. 2.

Asrepresents the body of the car; B, the

door-post, and Cfthe ordinary sliding door, p y Y -f door-posts suitably recessed, and the weatherwhich` moves along the`outside of the car and closes the` ,opening in its side in the usual manner. Each ofrv the door-posts is provided with-a suitable recessor groove, D, in'which the weather-strip G is placed. This strip may either be provided with armsor lugs J ,Y which catch between pins O in the door-post; or thestrip may be connected yto the post by means of links I, just as may be preferred.

The lower ends of the strips*4 have extensions Q formed upon. them, and which extend at a suitable angle to the length of the strip, as shown.r Y Theseextensions pass downthrougn suitable slots in the side sill of the car and Fig.

- substantially as shown.

freely operated by hand.V The 'links or the lugs, when the strip isfpushed upward from v l its lowerfend', cause thestrip toclose into* n the recess inthe' door-post, and when the i' strip is left freeto moveit sinks downward andfoutward, so as to strike against |the inner -side of the door, and thus closes the opening between the inner side of the car and'the'inner side of the door,so as to preventk water,"y dust, and cinders from beating into the car.

Through the lower ends of the extensions Q on the strips are made holes R, so thatwhen forcedupward and-backward they may be i held in that position by means ofthe hooks S,

jor other suitable catches for. that purpose.

Before .the door is opened or closed the Vstrip r should be forced upward and backward, so as to bemoved out of'contact with the door, yand I thus leave the door free to slide backand forth without the` danger of injuring the strips.l As soon kas the door is 'closedithese .Y

stopsarel freed from their supporting-hooks,

the inner yside of the door. y

Having thus described myinrentionyI claim- 1. The combination of the car-body,thedoor posts suitably recssed,and the weather-strips 'Y 8O placedin the recesses and standingat a right a'ngleto 'the door, with the slidingcar-'doonfl aofainst the inner side of which the strips close,`

2. The combination of the car-body, ythe strips provided with extensions Q, which vex-l ,L

tend down outside of the body ofthe caigand .which are lplaced in the recesses in th'efdoorthe inner sides of which, the

strips close, substantially as described.EA f

'In testimony whereof Iafx my signature in Y presence of twofwitnesses.

Witnesses: 'Y Y JOHN M. FERGUSON, THEO. LoEsoHEN.

`EDWARD vR. srnms.` 'y 

